# Giant, Mysterious Cloud Of Steam At Sea: Japanese Coast Guard Warns Ships To Flee. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957 "2005-07-03T22:22:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/1 "2005-07-03T22:22:08Z")
Here is the story– [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4646185.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4646185.stm) Allegedly, it is merely an underwater volcano. HO-HO-HO! It is to _laugh_! We Dopers know what it _really_ is! [Tokyo real estate values will soon undergo a slight…market adjustment.](http://darkhorizons.com/2000/godzilla/god8.jpg) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/2 "2005-07-03T22:29:54Z")
Unless it’s Cthuhlu … ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/3 "2005-07-03T22:42:51Z")
Are you sure you know were you put your **luggage** , **Twoflower**? ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/4 "2005-07-03T23:01:29Z")
No idea where it is , but I trust it will find me. ---
**Author:** ![Pythian\_Habenero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Pythian\_Habenero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pythian_Habenero)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/5 "2005-07-04T01:36:15Z")
> [@Twoflower](#): > > No idea where it is , but I trust it will find me. Now all we need is for a poster named **Rincewind** to come by and say “No, it won’t, you gave the bugger to me and it’s been eating my wizard’s robes ever since.” ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/6 "2005-07-04T02:34:52Z")
For some reason I’m reminded of a Robert A. Heinlein story. . . . ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/7 "2005-07-04T02:42:04Z")
Quickly, deploy the Super-X, and those tractor-trailers with the big rayguns/freeze rays! ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/8 "2005-07-04T02:48:24Z")
Where’s candidgamera when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![Pythian\_Habenero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Pythian\_Habenero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pythian_Habenero)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/9 "2005-07-04T03:12:43Z")
Which one specifically? ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/10 "2005-07-04T03:25:49Z")
> [@Twoflower](#): > > Unless it’s Cthuhlu … Nah – that’s impossible! He’s still sleeping in R’lyeh, and I’m _sure_ we would have heard the alarm clock … ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/11 "2005-07-04T03:54:34Z")
Godzilla is angry! ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/12 "2005-07-04T18:36:23Z")
> [@Pythian Habenero](#): > > Now all we need is for a poster named **Rincewind** to come by and say “No, it won’t, you gave the bugger to me and it’s been eating my wizard’s robes ever since.” Actually, what I was thinking, was that he might have left it by a volcano, and accidentally knocked it in. Being covered with lava does tend to make one testy… ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/13 "2005-07-04T18:39:18Z")
> [@Pythian Habenero](#): > > Now all we need is for a poster named Rincewind to come by and say “No, it won’t, you gave the bugger to me and it’s been eating my wizard’s robes ever since.” Now all we _really_ need is a poster named **Librarian** to come by and say “Ook.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/14 "2005-07-04T21:05:20Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Godzilla is angry! And when Godzilla angry, Godzilla SMASH! (That was one of my most favorite boardisms. That and Gotcha Ya and Fucko Off.) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/15 "2005-07-04T23:03:48Z")
> [@Soul Brother Number Two](#): > > And when Godzilla angry, Godzilla SMASH! > > (That was one of my most favorite boardisms. That and Gotcha Ya and Fucko Off.) Say it right then: **OG** ZILLA SMASH! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Pythian\_Habenero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Pythian\_Habenero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pythian_Habenero)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/16 "2005-07-05T00:55:25Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Now all we _really_ need is a poster named **Librarian** to come by and say “Ook.” 😃 > [@Archchancellor Ridcully](#): > > And the odds of this are…?[sup]\*[/sup] [sub]\*_The Science of Discworld_, p. 20.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/17 "2005-07-05T21:49:52Z")
My total killjoy of a wife is worried now that there will be a tsunami that wipes out Japan. Try to make Godzilla jokes in THAT atmosphere. Worse yet, it was while we were watching _Gammera the Invincible_ so the moments should’ve been right. I sometimes think she does it on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/18 "2005-07-06T00:26:45Z")
Supposing this breaks the surface, creating a new island, with enough acreage to support, say, a small airstrip, a radar installation, and a few support buildings… how much time will elapse before one or more countries (or corporate entities, or individuals, or Bond villains) try to take it over? ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/19 "2005-07-06T00:31:13Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > Supposing this breaks the surface, creating a new island, with enough acreage to support, say, a small airstrip, a radar installation, and a few support buildings… how much time will elapse before one or more countries (or corporate entities, or individuals, or Bond villains) try to take it over? Zat was very foolish Mr. Scrivener. Now zat you haf deduced our plan, ve must liquidate you. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957/20 "2005-07-06T00:38:29Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > Supposing this breaks the surface, creating a new island, with enough acreage to support, say, a small airstrip, a radar installation, and a few support buildings… how much time will elapse before one or more countries (or corporate entities, or individuals, or Bond villains) try to take it over? Indeed. A clever plan, **Scrivener**. As a reward, you will be elevated into the Crimson Guard. Now! Attack & sieze the new island before GI Joe interferes! COBRAAAA! 😉😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mysterious-cloud-of-steam-at-sea-japanese-coast-guard-warns-ships-to-flee/310957.md?page=2)